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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Rickettsia senegalensis"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia senegalensis" Mediannikov et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: se.ne.ga.len’sis. N.L. fem. adj. senegalensis, referring to Senegal, the African country that is home to the Ornithodoros sonrai tick from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … se-ne-ga-LEN-sis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: CSUR R184; DSM 2850; PU01-02; R184

16S rRNA gene: OM311169 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mediannikov O, Aubadie-Ladrix M, Raoult D. Candidatus 'Rickettsia senegalensis' in cat fleas in Senegal. New Microbes New Infect 2015; 3:24-28. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Mediannikov O, Aubadie-Ladrix M, Raoult D. Candidatus 'Rickettsia senegalensis' in cat fleas in Senegal. New Microbes New Infect 2015; 3:24-28. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 1111
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